Housing Privacy Notice

The information we collect about you will be used for the purpose(s) of assessing your need for housing and providing you with housing that meets your needs. The information we collect may be used to inform your placement on the following register(s):

Common Housing Register

Affordable Housing Register

Accessible Housing Register

Older Persons’ Housing Register

Housing Options

To assess the need for Traveller accommodation within the County

Information may also be used to assist you if you have an enquiry regarding homelessness.

The lawful basis for the processing of your information is for the performance of a task in the public interest or for official functions or to comply with the law, including the legislation listed below:

If you do not give us the information we need when we ask for it, this may result in our being unable to provide our services to you, and a failure to deal with your application in its entirety which could lead to an unsuccessful outcome.

We may share your information with the following recipients depending on your circumstances:

Internal

Social Care

Youth Offending Service

Finance (e.g. Housing Benefit/ Council Tax)

Education

Private Sector Housing (e.g. Grants/ Repairs)

Housing Strategy Team

External

Any relevant public body or Registered Social Landlord

Police

Probation

Primary Care

Secondary Care

Alternative Health Care

The Wallich

Care Society

Red Cross

Any Third Sector Organisation that has contact with a mutual individual

Women’s Aid

Private Landlords

Estate Agents

Anonymised data to developers

Information will be processed under the provisions of the WASPI Agreement for Common Housing Register.

There are also other specific situations where we may be required to disclose information about you, such as:• Where the Council is required to provide the information by law• Where disclosing the information is required to prevent or detect a crime• Where disclosure is in the vital interests of the person concerned